RE: ADSL

["Dean Smith" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

"Software Firewall" is another term different people / marketing
departments
have differing interpretations of.

My view and most people I work with is that these days a software firewall
is more likely to mean a "personal firewall" or software loaded
on a PC in
addition to the normal OS to provide protection in addition to its normal
use.

A hardware firewall could be any device whose sole purpose is to be a
firewall. E.g. PC Running IPCop. deicated black box (Vigor 2600). Nokia F/W
running Checkpoint FW-1 etc.

It can be argued any firewall is software whether its held on disk or
flash - but we're well into semantics there....

Dean

-----Original Message-----
From: Frost Neil [mailto:Neil.Frost@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 15 July 2003 11:08
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] ADSL


If you use a router, you will get some basic protection from the outside as
it will use NAT - (Network address translation) basically means the outside
WWW cannot get to you internal network. If you get a router with a built in
firewall you will get a lot more control over what comes in and what goes
out of your pc.

An ADSL Router has a built in ADSL modem. You plug the phone connector in
and then your RJ45 fly lead in the other port(s) then the other end of the
fly lead into your pc. ( So your pc needs a network card (unless you have a
router which includes a USB port)).

You can have a router AND a software firewall such as IPCop.

HTH

Neil

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Kennedy [mailto:stonewolfsoft@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 15 July 2003 09:01
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

--- Chris Bond <chris@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > - Can anyone explain
to me
the difference between
> an
> > ADSL modem and a ADSL router?
>
> ADSL Router can be left on permantly and is a bit more realable than
> an ADSL Modem.  Basically a ADSL Modem is usually attached off a
> machine, whereas an adsl router is plugged into a hub or switch.
>
> > - If I have a PC Based firewall do I need a router
> or
> > will a modem do? I presume the firewall will
> perform
> > all the extra functions a router performs.
>
> If you get a Vigor 2600 (www.seg.co.uk) it has a built in firewall
> into the router, but you could then point that to route to a ipcop/pc
> based firewall if you wanted.  Personally, i'd go with the vigor
> solution it suits most peoples needs.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Chris Bond

Thanks Chris but the answer is still eluding me. Are you saying that an
IPCop based firewall + an ADSL modem does less than an ADSL router and that
I would need a router as well as an IPCop firewall?

I was under the impression that
ADSL Modem + IPCop firewall = ADSL Router

At least that's what they seem to imply here
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/ipcop/

Regards
Simon Kennedy

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